Sunday, Aug. 3: Finding Grace (and more) in Suffering
Faith, I have two important things to tell you! 1) Good news! We concluded our fiscal year in June. Many of you stepped up to ensure a successful close. We had our best December, January, and June giving in over a decade! That said, we did not meet our congregationally approved budget for 2024-25. We controlled…
Sunday, July 27: VBS Sunday!
Faith! Our building has been filled with light this week as our children's ministry and volunteers led our annual VBS week--Camp Firelight! This Sunday, we will celebrate God's priority of children as we let our kids point us to the King. I pray you will join us and come to the kingdom with the faith…
Sunday, July 20: Faith for the Famine
Faith, I have a provocative verse for you: "And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him" (Hebrews 11:6). Why would it be "impossible" to please God without faith? Perhaps it would be helpful to remember that Christianity is fundamentally about…
Sunday: Faithfulness First
Faith, How's your faith? We are Faith Covenant Church, after all. We should be growing in our faith. OK, so what is faith? Let's keep it simple: Faith = Belief + Dependence + Loyalty. Thus, we as disciples of Jesus don't just believe that Jesus is Lord. We dependupon Jesus as Lord, and we are loyal to Him as Lord. "Fair enough, Pastor Brad. Agreed!" Great! So, is there ever a time…